"1985. Gaven starred in the New York City Opera's Broadway revival of ""Brigadoon"", in which she played Meg Brockie, at New York State Theater in 1986. The story is about a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years, and Meg is one of the villagers. According to Sy Syna of the magazine ""The World & I"", Gaven was ""a huge crowd pleaser"" in the role. She was also cast in the New York City Opera's spring 1987 revival of ""South Pacific"" as the female lead character Nellie Forbush, a U.S. Navy nurse who works on"
"which batter the islands every winter. Dùn, St Kilda Dùn is an island in St Kilda, Scotland. It is nearly a mile long. Its name simply means ""fort"" in Scottish Gaelic (for more information, see ""dun""), but the fort itself has been lost - old maps show it on Gob an Dùin (), which is at the seaward end. Though Dùn is almost joined to Hirta at Ruiaval, the two islands are separated by Caolas an Dùin (the straits of Dùn). This prevents Soay sheep from Hirta straying onto the island, and thus it is more vegetated. The small island"
"Colmonell Colmonell is a small village and civil parish in the Stinchar Valley, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The nearest town is Girvan, 11 miles away. The River Stinchar runs through the valley and the Colmonell area boasts three ruined castles: Craigneil Castle (thirteenth century), Kirkhill Castle (sixteenth century) and Knockdolian Castle (sixteenth century). The village has a small primary school, pub, fire station and village church. With a small population, Colmonell is a close community. The village has an annual Church Fete in August and an agricultural show the same month. In June there is the annual gala day, or 'Fun"
"as the place where the story takes place. Applecross Applecross is a village in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is correctly called 'Shore Street', or simply 'The Street') with the Applecross Inn, lying on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on the opposite side of which lies the Inner Hebridean island of Raasay. The village of Applecross was established by St. Maelrubha, in the 7th century. A sculptured stone is the only relic of St."
"Eilean Donan Eilean Donan () is a small tidal island where three sea lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh, in the western Highlands of Scotland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about from the village of Dornie. Since the castle's restoration in the early 20th century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person, but there were no ""usual"
"Aberlemno Aberlemno (Gaelic: ""Obar Leamhnach"") is a parish and small village in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones (and one fragment) dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD (Historic Scotland); the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage. Two stones (and the fragment) stand by the B9134 Forfar-Brechin road, the Kirkyard Stone stands in the nearby graveyard of the parish church. It is said that a mysterious creature known only as 'mike' haunts the church"
"requires living there at least during the week. There is postal service three times a week, and a sea-ferry and a community boat serve the settlement in addition to private boats. Scoraig Scoraig () is a settlement located on a remote peninsula between Little Loch Broom and Loch Broom, north-west of Ullapool in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. The 1871 census recorded more than 380 Gaelic-speaking inhabitants of Scoraig. Today it is known for its remoteness (reachable only by boat or about five miles' walk), its somewhat ""alternative"" atmosphere, organic food production, and its pioneering use of wind power. There"
"Inchnadamph Inchnadamph is a hamlet in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Innis nan Damh meaning 'meadow of the stags'. Assynt is a remote area with a low population density and Inchnadamph contains a few houses, a lodge and a hotel. The 'Bone Caves' of Inchnadamph contain relics of Eurasian lynx, brown bear, Arctic fox, reindeer (dated to 47,000 BCE), the only evidence of polar bears so far found in Scotland, and human skeletons dated to the 3rd millennium BCE. The skeleton of a bear thought to be 11,000 years old or more was"
"Quarff Quarff is a small village in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. The village is spread along a classic glacial valley that runs east-west across the island between high hills to north and south, with centres of population at Easter Quarff which is near the main road and the east coast, and Wester Quarff which is 1½ miles west and faces the Atlantic Ocean. A narrow road runs along the valley between the two. In Old Norse, the word ""Quarff"" means ""the portage"". The village has"
"Killearn Killearn (Scottish Gaelic: ""Cill Fhearann"", from orig. ""Ceann Fhearann"", ""Head/End of (the) Land/Territory"" – until the 15th century when ""Ceann"" was replaced by ""Cill""; denoting the presence of a house of worship) – is a small village of approximately 1700 people in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The village is located approximately north of Glasgow, east of Loch Lomond, and sits on the northwest flank of the Campsie Fells, most predominantly in the shadow of the volcanic plug of ""Dumgoyne"", overlooking the confluence of the Endrick Water and Blane Water. The Glengoyne whisky distillery, Loch Lomond and the"
"evacuees. Which Is now mothballed due to no children. It ran for 128 years until 2014. Kenmore Cottages Kenmore Cottages is a small village just 2 minutes away from the school and a 10-minute walk from the quarry. There is 27 houses in the horse shoe shaped village other than that there are some houses near the quarry and on the road to oban but many are ruins Bonawe Ferry There was a ferry crossing at Bonawe, from Eilean Duirinnis known as the ""Penny Ferry"". The name is derived from Scottish Gaelic ""Bun Abha"", meaning ""the mouth of the River"
"Dunning Dunning is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland with a population of about 1,000. The village centres around the 12th-13th century former parish church of St. Serf, where the Dupplin Cross is displayed (Historic Scotland; open in summer without entrance charge). It is in Strathearn, the valley of the River Earn, north of the Ochil Hills. It is just south of the A9, between Auchterarder and Perth. There was an Iron Age fort on Dun Knock (no visible remains) and a 1st-century Roman camp at Kincladie (part of the rampart and ditch survive in Kincladie Wood)."
"(aka Roderick Morrison and ""Ruaidhri Mac Gille Mhoire"") the retained harper to Clan MacLeod at Dunvegan Castle was born in Bragar in 1656. He wrote Òran Mòr MhicLeòid. Bragar Bragar () is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 14 miles from the island's only town, Stornoway. Bragar is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A858 between Carloway and Barvas. Residents are mainly Gaelic speaking, and many work as crofters. The village's best-known landmark is a whalebone arch, made in 1921 from the jawbone of an long"
"and to goods in 1964. Bunchrew Bunchrew (Scottish Gaelic: Bun Chraoibh) is a small village close to the south shore of Beauly Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 5 km west of the city of Inverness, on the A862 road. The name is from Bun Chraoibh, Gaelic for ""foot of the tree"". It has a caravan and camping site and Bunchrew House — a historic mansion that is now a hotel — is on the shore of the firth nearby. Bunchrew had a station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which opened in 1862. This station"
"Borve, Lewis Borve () is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, from the island's only town, Stornoway. The village lies on the River Borve, which is crossed by two adjacent bridges. The older bridge, built of stone rubble and consisting of a single arch, dates from the late 19th century and is no longer used for road traffic. The modern bridge was built in the early 1990s at a cost of £250,000. The main road through the village is the A857 between Stornoway and Ness. The village is in three parts: Borve, previously"
"appeared 1898 – the club continued until the late 1930s. Craigellachie, British Columbia, is named after the Scottish village and is the place where the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven in November 1885. Craigellachie, Moray Craigellachie (Gaelic: ""Creag Eileachaidh"") is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich (whose valley or glen gives its name to the famous Scotch whisky Glenfiddich), in walking distance of the town of Aberlour. The name means ""Rock of Alarm"" and was first applied to the cliff on which much of the village"
"folk museum in Glencoe village. Other than a few scattered farms, the only settlement in Glen Coe is the village of Glencoe, which lies at the western end of the glen close to Invercoe where the river joins Loch Leven. About to the west, on the southern shore of the loch, is the village of Ballachulish, known in the past for its slate quarries, which have been worked since 1693. The famous Clachaig Inn, a pub much favoured by climbers and hillwalkers, is sited at the bend in the glen about from Glencoe village. A Scottish Youth Hostels Association hostel"
"Gartocharn Gartocharn (; ) is a village in West Dunbartonshire in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is the only village in the parish of Kilmaronock (not to be confused with the town of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire). The parish has a population of 1,051. It lies on the A811, the main road from Balloch to Stirling. It is close to the shore of Loch Lomond, and to Ross Priory. It is dominated by a nearby hill, Duncryne, also known as the Kilmaronock Dumpling. The village has two churches, a primary school, convenience shop and garage. There is a weekly fruit and"
"Athelstaneford Athelstaneford (; or ) is a village in East Lothian, Scotland. It is near the town of Haddington and lies about 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of Edinburgh. According to popular legend, Athelstaneford is where the original Scottish saltire - the white diagonal cross on a sky blue background - was first adopted. On the eve of a battle between an army of the Picts and invading Angles from Northumbria in 832AD, Saint Andrew, who was crucified on a diagonal cross, came to the Pictish King Óengus II in a vision promising victory. The next morning the Picts saw"
"recent being in 2006, affecting only one resident and two visitors - following use the facilities at the same hotel/spa. Lochgoilhead Lochgoilhead; () is a village, on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It is located within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park and is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful areas in Argyll and in Scotland as a whole. The village is surrounded by several Corbetts in the Arrochar Alps (Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles), including Benn Donich, The Brack and Cnoc Coinnich and local waterways are"
"Inchmickery Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, ""Innis nam Biocaire"", meaning ""Isle of the Vicars"", implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm. It features occasionally in a riddle, ""How many inches is the Forth?"", playing on a pun on 'Inch' (""Innis""), the Gaelic word for island, and inch, the imperial measurement. Inchmickery is tiny, only 100 metres by 200 metres. During both World War I and World War II the island"
"Knockfarrel Knockfarrel () is a village, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Knockfarrel or Knock Farrel, or indeed Knock Farril (stone fort) is a vitrified pictish Iron Age fort which lies on the knockfarrel hill, immediately to the north of the village, and which it gave its name to the village. The walk up to the fort is a popular tourist attraction. The village once had a large enough population to have its own shinty club which then amalgamated with Strathpeffer's to create Caberfeidh in 1886."
"Knockfarrel Knockfarrel () is a village, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Knockfarrel or Knock Farrel, or indeed Knock Farril (stone fort) is a vitrified pictish Iron Age fort which lies on the knockfarrel hill, immediately to the north of the village, and which it gave its name to the village. The walk up to the fort is a popular tourist attraction. The village once had a large enough population to have its own shinty club which then amalgamated with Strathpeffer's to create Caberfeidh in 1886."
"As a result, Lost has regularly had eponymous street sign theft. Each sign costs approximately £100 (US$200) to replace. As a result, Aberdeenshire Council tried to change its name to ""Lost Farm""; however, in the face of strong local opposition, the hamlet's traditional name was soon reinstated. Lost, Aberdeenshire Lost (""Lòsda"" in Scottish Gaelic; population: less than 24; or ) is a tiny hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies 40 miles west of Aberdeen in the Cairngorm mountains. The hamlet is situated near the village of Bellabeg where the Water of Nochty feeds into the River Don. Despite its small"
"Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; Scottish Gaelic: ""Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn"") is a historic county and council area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife and Perth & Kinross. The name is derived from three languages the first meaning ""Stone"", Mannan is a derivative of the Brythonic name of the Iron Age tribe the Manaw, who inhabited the area, and the English word shire. As Britain's smallest historic county, it is often nicknamed ""The Wee County"". When written, Clackmannanshire is commonly abbreviated to Clacks. Clackmannan, the old county town, is named after the ancient stone associated with the pre-Christian deity Manau"
"19 May 2008. The service provides an hourly connection between Alloa, Stirling and Glasgow Queen Street. Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; Scottish Gaelic: ""Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn"") is a historic county and council area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife and Perth & Kinross. The name is derived from three languages the first meaning ""Stone"", Mannan is a derivative of the Brythonic name of the Iron Age tribe the Manaw, who inhabited the area, and the English word shire. As Britain's smallest historic county, it is often nicknamed ""The Wee County"". When written, Clackmannanshire is commonly abbreviated to Clacks. Clackmannan,"
"where the local Catholic church, St Margaret's, now has a shrine to her. Roybridge Roybridge (Scottish Gaelic: ""Drochaid Ruaidh"", ""the bridge over the Roy"") is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located 3 miles east of Spean Bridge, in Kilmonivaig Parish, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Highland administrative area. Roybridge is on the A86 between Spean Bridge and Newtonmore and on the (former West Highland Railway) line served by trains passing between Crianlarich and Fort William. Both of the parents of Australia's only recognised saint Mary MacKillop, lived"
"re-opened in November 2010. Oaken Oaken is a small village in Staffordshire, England. The first mention of the Oaken place-name was in 1086 when it was listed in the Domesday book as ""Ache"". Its origin appears to be from the Old English, ""ācum"" - (place of) the oaks. Oaken lies just one mile west of Codsall where the population taken at the 2011 census can be found. It is home to Oaken Terrace Nursing Home, a large nursing home situated just off Oaken Drive. Oaken's only pub is ""The Oaken Arms"", a Vintage Inns pub on Holyhead Road - formerly"
"Dùn, St Kilda Dùn is an island in St Kilda, Scotland. It is nearly a mile long. Its name simply means ""fort"" in Scottish Gaelic (for more information, see ""dun""), but the fort itself has been lost - old maps show it on Gob an Dùin (), which is at the seaward end. Though Dùn is almost joined to Hirta at Ruiaval, the two islands are separated by Caolas an Dùin (the straits of Dùn). This prevents Soay sheep from Hirta straying onto the island, and thus it is more vegetated. The small island is home to the largest colony"
"pool, something unique to this area of Scotland. Latheronwheel Latheronwheel () is a small Scottish village, in Caithness. It is six kilometres (four miles) southwest of Lybster on the A9 road to Helmsdale, near the junction with the A99 road to Wick, which lies in the equally small village of Latheron. The village is at the mouth of a wide valley, through which flows a small river called the Burn of Latheronwheel. It was built on the land of one Captain Dunbar (who had actually wished for it to be called Janetston, after his wife). It was a planned settlement,"
"Inverarnan Inverarnan is a small hamlet in Stirling, Scotland, near the village of Crianlarich and the hamlet of Ardlui, Argyll and Bute. It is the only settlement in the historical county of Perthshire which has a G postcode. The Drovers Inn is the hotel in Inverarnan. It is known for being one of Scotland's most haunted pubs. In 2012 the pub was nearly shut down due to unpaid tax. Gerard Butler, Marc Manea, Ross Pelling and Doug Barr have visited The Drovers Inn. From 1844 until around the mid 1860s steamships called at Inveraran via the short Inverarnan Canal that"
"can be seen regularly on BBC Scotland as their political correspondent. Bowmore Bowmore (, 'The Big Bend') is a small town on the Scottish island of Islay and serves as administrative capital of the island. It gives its name to the noted Bowmore distillery producing Bowmore Single Malt, a single malt scotch whisky. Bowmore is a planned village with wide streets on a grid-iron pattern. It has its origins in an earlier settlement, Kilarrow, which until c. 1770 occupied the site of the present grounds of Islay House near Bridgend. In May 1685 Kilarrow had been the scene of the"
"Balquhidder Balquhidder (; or ) is a small village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is overlooked by the dramatic mountain terrain of the Braes of Balquhidder, at the head of Loch Voil. Balquhidder Glen is also popular for fishing, nature watching and walking. The village's railway station is no longer open. St Angus came to Balquhidder Glen in the 8th or 9th century and recognised what the Celts called a ""thin place"" where the boundary between Earth and Heaven was close. He knelt and blessed the glen at the spot where the house ""Beannach Aonghais"" (Gaelic 'blessing"